The aspect of memory that is capable of storing a very large amount of information for a very brief period of time is referred to as ________ memory. A. short-term B. sensory C. primary D. secondary Procedural memory is to declarative memory as: A. echoic is to iconic. B. fact is to experience. C. explicit is to implicit. D. skill is to fact. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Piaget's preoperational stage of development? A. magical thinking B. insight learning C. finalism D. decentration In the preoperational stage, children exhibit centration, or an inability to mentally hold two dimensions at the same time. Decentration occurs in the concrete operational stage and contributes to the ability to conserve. The National Campaign on Teen Pregnancy (Kirby, 2001) concluded that which of the following has the strongest evidence of success for reducing teen pregnancy rates? A. abstinence-only programs B. service learning programs C. school condom distribution programs D. community-wide programs and initiatives According to the NCTP, there is now evidence that some programs do, in fact, reduce pregnancy rates. These inclu